Quotes About Parenthood

Becoming a parent changed and enlarged my son; it's no stretch at all to say that parenthood made us both better people. I've watched him be a father to my grandson, and I've been thrilled by his ability to put his own concerns and needs aside to minister to those of this little boy, to put himself in the place time after time where he is attuned to who his son is and what he needs, whether indulgence or discipline.

one thing about having a baby is that each step of the way you simply cannot imagine loving him any more than you already do, because you are bursting with love, loving as much as you are humanly capable of- and then you do, you love him even more.

Kids are hard -they drive you crazy and break your heart- whereas grandchildren make you feel great about life, and yourself, and your ability to love someone unconditionally, finally, after all these years.

Honey,...you'll never draw another calm breath as long as you live. That blissful amniotic unconcerned state of people without children is a thing of the past.

So maybe parenthood was meant to be educational, Robin thought—a lesson for the parents on totally other styles of being.

So many unexpected people seemed to edge into a person's life, once that person had children.

Is it not a wondrous thing, to see your child born?" He nodded. "Indeed. But I'll tell you what is no less wondrous to me right now. That after a woman endures all this, why she is then willing to let any man ever again get within ten feet of her bed!

Looking at their son on ultrasound.) He looks like an angel. (Cassandra) I don't know. I think he looks like a frog or something. (Wulf)

That's Ash's baby. (Kyrian) Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do. (Wulf)

He went to Tory and with one more push, his son slid into his hands. For a full minute, he couldn't breathe as he stared at the tiniest, most perfect creature he'd ever seen in his life.) "Is it a smurf?" - Tory

Rocking her gently in his arms, Wulf wondered which of them had it worse. The mother who wouldn't live to see the baby grow, or the father who was damned to watch the baby and all those after him die.' (Wulf)

Parenthood is an equal share of awe and ah, crap. -Galene

Fatherhood is the most amazing thing that could ever have happened in my life.

Intellectuals should never marry; they won't enjoy it; and besides, they should not reproduce themselves.

I'm just feeling like it was meant to be. What can I say? The birth of my son, and in the first year of his life, we won a Super Bowl Championship.

Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life.

When you birth a child, it's like a bloody giving of self to the creation of a life.

I haven't got any kids yet and it is something I need to address. I'm sure that, God willing, that'll be the next and most fabulous episode of my little life.

When my boy arrived in this life, on this planet, it was completely a new dimension of experience for me and my wife. I'm still riding on the wave of that experience.

I want to have babies one day but not right now. When I do it I want to do it really well. I want it to be my best project in life.

I'm enjoying my retirement, enjoying my life. I have two kids and a lot of my time is spent chasing these two animals.

I have transmitted genetic material, all I have to do between my daughters' birth and my death is to decorate my life.

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life.